In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, pallbearers carry the casket of Lee Randall, of Washington Township, to a Cadillac hearse following his funeral service at Roth-Muir Funeral Home in Romeo, Mich. Randall, a mechanic who worked on Cadillacs for 50 years, got a proper send-off after he died unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 17. He was 70. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT.
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DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit-area mechanic who worked on Cadillacs for 50 years got a proper send-off after he died unexpectedly on Saturday.
The Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1BhG25J ) reports that Lee Randall of Washington Township was driven to his resting place in the back of a black Cadillac hearse Wednesday.
The exterior of Randall's casket featured chrome accents and Cadillac emblems that he had collected. A colleague also painted on an old-English D to represent another of Randall's loves - the Detroit Tigers.
One of Randall's favorite songs, "One Piece at a Time" by Johnny Cash, was played at the funeral home before his last ride. It's about a worker on a Cadillac assembly line.
Randall once said he had driven an estimated 25,000 Cadillacs in his life. He died at age 70 of natural causes.
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Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, pallbearers carry the casket of Lee Randall, of Washington Township, to a Cadillac hearse following his funeral service at Roth-Muir Funeral Home in Romeo, Mich. Randall, a mechanic who worked on Cadillacs for 50 years, got a proper send-off after he died unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 17. He was 70. The casket featured chrome accents and Cadillac emblems that Randall had collected. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, the casket of Lee Randall, of Washington Township, featuring chrome accents and Cadillac emblems that he had collected, rests during his funeral service at Roth-Muir Funeral Home in Romeo, Mich. Randall, a mechanic who worked on Cadillacs for 50 years, got a proper send-off after he died unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 17, at age 70. He was driven to his resting place in the back of a black Cadillac hearse. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, Cadillacs are lined up outside of at Roth-Muir Funeral Home in Romeo, Mich. during the funeral service for Lee Randall, of Washington Township. Randall, a mechanic who worked on Cadillacs for 50 years, got a proper send-off after he died unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 17, at age 70. He was driven to his resting place in the back of a black Cadillac hearse. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT.
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